Howard Kinsley Hamm ’28

HOWARD HAMM died Sept. 23, 19K at home in Kalamazoo, Mich., after three years of serious illness. He graduated from Hyde Park H.S. in Chicago. At Princeton he majored in economics, took part in wrestling, and expressed his musical talents by activity in the orchestra and band.

After graduation he spent several years in the paint business in St. Paul, Minn. in 1933 he became affiliated with Benjamin Moore & Co., paint manufacturers. In 1939 he purchased a firm, A. L. Lakey & Co., that had been in business in Kalamazoo since 1874. He was a resident and businessman in Kalamazoo for 49 years.

Howard was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Kalamazoo Country Club, the U.S. Power Squadron, and was a commodore of the Macatawa Yacht club in nearby Holland. He was active in the Kalamazoo Symphony orchestra Society. He was an accomplished pianist and musician. He was interested in natural history, and often hiked through the woods in search of recordsize trees. He was also an avid birdwatcher.

Howard married Eleanor How in 1937. She died in 1985. Their sons are Howard K. Jr., '63, Robert and Warren, and there are three grandchildren. The sympathy of the Class is extended to Howard's sons and their families.

The Class of 1928